Trump booked his place in Sunday's showpiece, after Robertson had clawed himself back from 7-5 behind with some stultifying snooker to level terms, before Trump pulled away to win 9-7.

Trump said: "I think Neil tried to slow it down and make things awkward for me. The game went really slow and nothing happened for about 20 minutes and I was just sitting there falling asleep. He came back to seven-all and I thought he could win from there.

"In the end I think we were over-trying and that's why we started to miss a few. It'd be nice to end the year on a high and win this tournament."

Awaiting the 22-year-old from Bristol on Sunday will be either England's Ricky Walden or Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, with £100,000 going to the champion.